Mola di Bari
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| Comune di Mola di Bari | ||
Aerial view of Mola di Bari
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 Mola di Bari
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| Coordinates: 41°4′N 17°5′E / 41.067°N 17.083°ECoordinates: 41°4′N 17°5′E / 41.067°N 17.083°E | ||
| Country | Italy | |
| Region |
 Apulia
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| Province / Metropolitan city | Bari (BA) | |
| Frazioni | Cozze, San Materno | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 50 km2 (20 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 5 m (16 ft) | |
| Population | ||
| • Total | 25,919 | |
| • Density | 520/km2 (1,300/sq mi) | |
| Demonym(s) | Molesi | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| Postal code | 70042 | |
| Dialing code | 080 | |
| Patron saint | San Michele; Maria Addolorata | |
| Website | Official website | |
Mola di Bari, commonly referred to simply as Mola, is a town and comune of the Metropolitan City of Bari, in the region of Apulia, in Southern Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
In recent times, the town was best known for having primarily whitewashed buildings, however, growth, modern construction, and building design have changed the image significantly, particularly in the northern (and more modern) part of the town.
Mola's city center is its main piazza, Piazza XX Settembre near the port and it also boasts a church (Chiesa Matrice, i.e. Mother Church) dating back to the thirteenth century.
Bakeries in Mola are known to make some of the finest focaccia in Italy. Until the early 1990s, there were two privately owned public firewood ovens available to the inhabitants of Mola, one located on Via Nino Bixio, on the southern part of the town, and the other located on Via Pesce, on the opposite side of the main Piazza. These businesses served the local residents by providing a place to cook baked goods, primarily focaccia and breads. Typically, focaccia pans were quite large (some approaching half a meter in diameter) and were difficult to cook in one’s home. The tradition of sending items to be baked by the local oven has passed.
Mola is also home to a large fishing industry that supplies fresh fish throughout the southern Italian region.
The old settlement of Neolithic people is confirmed by some archaeological remains. The origin of the city is not known entirely because of lack of sufficient traces to assert a Greek origin (coins now dispersed, with an old emblem showing the symbol of Athens) or Roman (with a Roman villa of the imperial period close to the northern coast and the remains of a water tank). The proof of the existence of an urban settlement remains scarce and contradictory up until 1277, when Charles I of Anjou ordered the reconstruction of the city along with the building of city walls, a church, and a castle.
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